“Remarq . . . enable[s] any publisher to create community around annotated discussion and turn it into scholarly exchange and collaboration.”

By offering a full-featured service, Remarq is built to help publishers compete with ResearchGate and Academia.edu. Remarq gathers features readers have found valuable on these platforms – profiles, article-sharing, annotations, comments – and combines these with the strengths publishers offer, including editorial and author involvement, the version of record, post-publication reviews, and article-sharing.

Remarq’s design fits quietly into any web site, requiring no expensive redesigns or unattractive design compromises. Outsell recently noted the strengths of Remarq in a May 10, 2017, Insight:

“Taking on the likes of ResearchGate and Academia.edu means matching (or exceeding) their offerings in terms of simplicity and ease of use – which Remarq does.”

Remarq enables all of these features in ways publishers prefer. For instance, Remarq’s sophisticated commenting feature ensures that commenters are qualified in the fields the journal covers. If the system has not registered expertise via the user’s publication record, educational background, professional position, or professional memberships, comments are held and the user can add more information.

One pain point for publishers is that article-sharing in ResearchGate and Academia.edu removes usage from their sites. Article-sharing via Remarq occurs via the publisher’s site, so usage counts in the standard ways publishers prefer.

We think Remarq represents an important leap forward for online tools available for editors, authors, and readers – the constituents publishers serve. By allowing publishers to quickly become competitive in the scholarly collaboration space, Remarq can solve many strategic conundrums simultaneously, as well.